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Reassuring results from Micron breathed life back into the AI-infrastructure theme while a cool CPI reading allowed investors concerned about a hawkish Fed to exhale, allowing for a relief bounce in the indexes that for now looks welcome but inconclusive.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
With policymakers sharply divided and with a more hawkish rotation ahead, additional cuts now require more definitive signs that labor momentum is cooling and that core inflation is settling closer to 3% in early 2026.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
There were plenty of forces steering the GOP back to its roots after Trump lost in 2020 — such as Mitch McConnell, who sought to restore a hawkish foreign policy and traditional Republican economic agenda.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
While the market is pricing in a Fed rate cut, it could be accompanied by more hawkish forward guidance, which could hurt risk assets like bitcoin, according to Adam Crisafulli, head of Vital Knowledge.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
With policymakers sharply divided and with a more hawkish rotation ahead, additional cuts now require more definitive signs that labor momentum is cooling and that core inflation is settling closer to 3% in early 2026.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
There were plenty of forces steering the GOP back to its roots after Trump lost in 2020 — such as Mitch McConnell, who sought to restore a hawkish foreign policy and traditional Republican economic agenda.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
While the market is pricing in a Fed rate cut, it could be accompanied by more hawkish forward guidance, which could hurt risk assets like bitcoin, according to Adam Crisafulli, head of Vital Knowledge.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkish
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Ludwig’s distant paternal ancestors were in fact German Jewish merchants, not warlike princes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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To many Chicagoans, the warlike atmosphere is the result of the increasing aggression of the federal government.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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The regime’s bloodthirsty tactics have testified to its growing desperation, and human-rights activist groups say that anywhere from 6,000 to 16,000 people have been killed.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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Their pointy faces stretched ahead of them with a sweet, if bloodthirsty, curiosity.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
21 Jan. 2026
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The rest of her outfit was a militaristic dress by Mugler in shades of tan, a nice break from Ortega's often black wardrobe without going in a colorful direction that wouldn't suit her or fit with her image.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
31 Jan. 2026
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The state and local officials meeting with Tom Homan, who was put in charge of the federal immigration operation in Minnesota this week, have generally agreed that their encounters have been cordial and productive, a welcome change from the militaristic approach taken by his predecessor.—
Toluse Olorunnipa,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Right, in France, means pro-Catholic, pro-militarist.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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One showed martial-arts legend Bruce Lee vanquishing a roomful of opponents.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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An adaptation of the Capcom video game series from director Kitao Sakurai, the film has Koji playing the franchise’s central martial artist, Ryu, who reunites with Ken (Centineo) when Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hawkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkish. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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